Unit 1 APHG - Quinten

Toponym

Names of places

Absolute Direction

Exact direction a person is heading

Relative Direction

Direction given in relation to another object's location

Absolute Distance

Exact distance between two places or objects

Relative Distance

Approximate distance between two places or objects

Clustered Spatial Analysis

Objects in an area are close together

Dispersed Spatial Analysis

Objects in an area are spread out

Remote Sensing

Process of collecting info about the Earth through Satellites

GIS

Computer System that can collect, analyze, and display geodata

GPS

Network of Satellites used to determine location of something on Earth

Field Observations

Having people go into the real world and record what they see

Qualitative Data

Data often shown in word form, up for debate

Quantitative Data

Data shown in number form, facts and not up for debate

Sense of Place

Strong feeling or perception people have to a place

Concentration

How things are spread out

Density

How many objects are in a specific area

Pattern

Arrangement of objects in a specific area

Flow

Movement of things from one place to another

Time-Space Compression

Reduction of time it takes for an object to get somewhere

Distance Decay

Farther the people and places are, the less likely they are to interact

Environmental Determinism

Idea that environment sets possibilities for humans/society

Environmental Possibilism

Idea that environment sets limits for humans or society, however believes they have the ability to overcome that limit

Land use

The way land is used in an area

Renewable Resource

Resource that can be used many times without running out

Unrenewable Resource

Resource that can only be used once

Small Scale Maps

Maps that show little information

Large Scale Maps

Maps that show lots of information

Formal/Uniform Regions

Areas that have common attributes

Functional/Nodal Regions

Areas that are centered around a node or center point

Perceptual/Vernacular Regions

Areas that are linked together due to people's perceptions on them

Reference Maps

Maps that show boundaries, names of places, and geographic features of areas

Thematic Maps

Map that uses spatial patterns of places, and uses quantitative data to display specific topics

Topographic

Uses contour lines to display both terrain and elevation changes in an area

Choropleth

Displays information using different colors or shades of colors

Dot-density

Shows data by placing dots on a map that show where data is occurring

Graduated Symbol

Shows data through shapes, symbols, or items

Isoline

Use lines to connect different areas that have similar or equal amount of data

Cartogram

Shows data by greatest value being the largest area

Flow-Line

Shows movement of things between different places

Mercator

Shows accurate direction; Size and location of land masses is heavily distorted

Goode Homolosine

Shows true size and shape of land masses; Has distortion of distances around edges of map

Robinson Projection

More distortion towards the poles of globe, which helps keep size and shape of land masses; Spreads distortion out during all areas of the map

Gall-Peters Projection

Shows true size of earth's land masses; Shows distortion in shape of land masses and direction

Interrupted Map

Map that tries to remove distortion by removing parts of the globe

Uninterrupted Map

Map that displays entirety of Earth's surface